Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York

Decided April 26, 1954. Harold Hitz Burton delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 69 · 347 U.S. 442 (1954) · Cited 214 times

We don’t yet publish a summary of this opinion — read the official text below for the Court’s holding and reasoning.

How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Sinclair v. United States · 279 U.S. 263 (1929)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• Truax v. Raich · 239 U.S. 33 (1915)
• Williams v. North Carolina · 317 U.S. 287 (1943)
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · 343 U.S. 495 (1952)
• Wieman v. Updegraff · 344 U.S. 183 (1952)
• Ex Parte Garland · 71 U.S. 333 (1867)
• United States v. Bryan · 339 U.S. 323 (1950)
• Ng Fung Ho v. White · 259 U.S. 276 (1922)
• Takahashi v. Fish & Game Commission · 334 U.S. 410 (1948)
• St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United States · 298 U.S. 38 (1936)
• United States v. Rumely · 345 U.S. 41 (1953)
• Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New York · 342 U.S. 485 (1952)
• Ohio Valley Water Co. v. Ben Avon Borough · 253 U.S. 287 (1920)
• Perkins v. Elg · 307 U.S. 325 (1939)
• Oklahoma Operating Co. v. Love · 252 U.S. 331 (1920)
• Douglas v. Noble · 261 U.S. 165 (1923)
• United States v. Fleischman · 339 U.S. 349 (1950)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Gonzales v. Carhart · 550 U.S. 124 (2007)
• Cohen v. Hurley · 366 U.S. 117 (1961)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Republic Steel Corp. v. Maddox · 379 U.S. 650 (1965)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 559 (1965)
• Spevack v. Klein · 385 U.S. 511 (1967)
• Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. Allen · 392 U.S. 236 (1968)
• Ullmann v. United States · 350 U.S. 422 (1956)
• Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Butz v. Glover Livestock Commission Co. · 411 U.S. 182 (1973)
• Beilan v. Board of Public Ed., School Dist. of Philadelphia · 357 U.S. 399 (1958)

Official text

Read the official opinion (U.S. Reports, govinfo.gov)

Explore from here

Harold Hitz Burton’s profile · All Supreme Court opinions · The Supreme Court

Source: the U.S. Reports via govinfo.gov; authoring Justice and vote lineup from the Supreme Court Database (Washington University). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).